CERVUS MUNTJAK. 



fractures and irregularities which, from long continued use, appear in the other speci- 

 mens. The first grinder in the upper jaw is not yet developed; it appears partially 

 at the margin of the jaw ; the other grinders are very perfect, and crowned with 

 elevated sharp points, not in the least degree worn by mastication. In the lower 

 jaw the points only of the three anterior grinders appear at the margin of the jaw, 

 and, judging from their projection, they were, during the life of the animal, almost 

 entirely concealed by the gums. The slenderness of the pedestals gives them the 

 appearance of greater length than in the adult ; but being brought into actual com- 

 parison, I found them somewhat shorter. The lateral ridges are comparatively little 

 jwominent, and the anterior excavation of the skuU is inconsiderable. 



A drawing of the skull of the Cervus Muntjak, or Kijang, published in the 

 year 1811, by Mr. Marsden, in the Third Edition of the History of Sumatra, exhibits 

 the skuU of the animal with horns of the first growth ; and the following statements 

 wiU tend to shew, that no reasonable doubt can be entertained of the fact, that the 

 drawing was made from a specimen which is now deposited in the Museum of the 

 Royal CoUege of Surgeons of London. In the year 1792, Mr. Marsden received 

 from the Resident of Bencoolen a drawing of the Sumatran Kijang, made by 

 Mr. William BeU, well known by the account of the Sumatran Rhinoceros, which 

 is contained in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1793. At the same time 

 Mr. John Hunter also received a collection of osteological preparations from the 

 same gentleman, who had been his pupil : among these was contained the skuU of 

 the male Kijang, provided with horns and tusks, having precisely the character 

 of Mr. Marsden's figure. The only notice which accompanied the drawing was 

 its representing the skuU of the Sumatran Kijang, and its having been made 

 by Mr. Bell; and the result of my inquiries on this subject is confirmed by 

 Mr. Marsden's opinion, that it is in the highest degree probable that the skull which 

 he sent to John Hunter's Collection, was the identical specimen which he had thought 

 deserving of being figured. I have accordingly united the Cervus moscJiatus of 

 Dr. De Blainville, which was founded exclusively on the skull above mentioned, con- 

 tained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, with the Cervus Muntjak. 

 It is also necessary, by a few concise remarks, to state my reasons for giving, in the pre- 

 ceding references, the name of the Cervus suhcornutus of Dr.DeBlainvLlle,as a synonym 

 of the Cervus Mvmtjak. The Cervus subcornutus was established, with the Cervus 

 moschatus, from a cranium in the Hunterian Collection ; and as Dr. De BlainviUe 

 has with great caution observed, that both species should be admitted only provi- 

 sionally, I have extracted from the Bulletin des Sciences his original description. 



